Running properly again
It is very difficult for me to keep running regularly. There are lots of excuses, and they are genuine, but I suffer without that regular exercise, and without the concentrated way that being out there, on your own, pushing your physical limits brings things back to utter simplicity. I do need a programme or plan to follow: it helps to keep the excuses in perspective and raises the priority of getting out there.
I am using “getrunning” on my iPhone. A pleasant sounding, but very bossy (and encouraging), woman’s voice cuts over whatever is playing to tell me when to run and when I can rest. After a long lay-off I have gone from 6 minutes of slow running to 16 minutes of reasonable running within a half-hour framework all in four weeks. Each “step up” is hard but possible and each success makes you more determined. Ten weeks should see me back to running full 5Ks and I will then need a new programme to take me on towards 10K which I want to run for real in the autumn.
